The wife was busy frying eggs, when her husband came home. He walked into the kitchen and immediately started yelling. “CAREFUL!!! CAREFUL! MORE OIL! TURN THEM! TURN THEM NOW! WE NEED MORE OIL! THEY ARE GOING TO STICK! CAREFUL! CAREFUL! TURN THEM! TURN THEM!!! HURRY UP! ARE YOU CRAZY! THE […]
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Do you know the difference between country dogs and city dogs? This is a wonderful illustration about our new identity in Christ and how we go about living the Christian life. Country dogs lives in wide open spaces with a great deal of freedom to roam. They can go down
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A sign in a pet store read, “If anybody has seen the Bluebird of Happiness, would you please notify this pet store?” Happiness seems to be in short supply for many people. If the results of recent surveys can be trusted, there is a general decline of happiness in today’s
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We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. – 1 Corinthians 2:12 God desires for us to know what He has freely given to us. One of the responsibilities of the Holy
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A man had an operation, and the doctor, by mistake, left a sponge in him. A friend asked him if he had any pain because of it. “No,” said the man, “but I sure do get thirsty.” Isn’t it wonderful when we get thirsty – not for water, but thirsty
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Ever stumble across a Bible verse that has your name all over it? You read it and think, “I’ve never seen that in there before!” Then, throughout the day, the Holy Spirit keeps calling your attention to that verse as you run into situations where it applies. Here’s the verse:
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! – 1 John 3:1a “I have an important business meeting in the morning. Would you please set the alarm for 5:30 a.m.?” I said to
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“Mommy, my turtle is dead,” the little boy, Freddie, sorrowfully told his mother, holding the turtle out to her. The mother kissed him on the head, then said, “That’s all right. We’ll wrap him in tissue paper, put him in a little box, then have a nice burial ceremony in
by Max Lucado Jairus fell at Jesus’ feet, “saying again and again, ‘My daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so she will be healed and will live’” (Mark 5:23). There are no games. No haggling. No masquerades. The situation is starkly simple: Jairus is blind
One morning recently I took our little Terrier mix outside for her morning walk, and I noticed three strays at the bottom of the long drive—about fifty yards away. I kept my eyes on them, because I thought they might be interested in the tiny dog I had in my
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